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Not quite! The sidewall of the trakgrip gives you the runflat capability, not the insert. Take it from someone who had 2 punctures on normal tyres with those inserts in on the same weekend!

Have you tried looking up a local commercial vehicle brake specialist? I use a company called Pickering Brakes & Clutches in Ilkeston. They have nearly always managed to find what I need, even CVRT master cylinder kits etc.

Bought an RT524 from there but that was a good few years ago.

Hi Nick, Yes please, send me a Private Message with his details. Thanks, Chris

We bought a lot of Fox bits from Helston, don’t remember seeing any instrument panels.

Fox parts are difficult to come by. The only way you’ll find an instrument panel is from a vehicle which has been broken up. I’ve never seen one for sale. The actual instruments are common to other types so that’s maybe your best option.

Hi Simon, Thanks for the reply. I was aware of most of those... I am still non the wiser about the 2 large holes with the groups of smaller holes around them, one above the spare wheel carrier and the other over a bit? It does look like the spare wheel carrier has been moved at some point. I believe this body came from Oklahoma and had a V8 fitted so needs some work at the front end too. I could do with finding someone who's good at restoring Jeep bodies who would look at sorting this tub out for me as although I'd have a go I don't think I have the time at the moment. Any suggestions? Cheers, Chris

After removing about half an inch of filler I've discovered loads of holes in the rear panel of my GPW tub. Some of them look too good to be bodged in later in it's life. Does anyone know what they might have been for? Chris

Not CVRT?

Rear body?

Paletes or Petlas? http://www.petlas.com/en/tire/nt-3/AGR22/

http://marcusglenn.com/parts/daimler-ferret-fv-700-series/starter-motor-rolls-royce-b-series- I'm sure you can find a cheaper option though.

Record cards yes, but if it's a fairly recently released vehicle they probably won't have it yet. Even if they do have the record card they won't be able to give you the history from the last 20 or so years as that's all on the databases. FOI will give you this.

You don't have a transport vehicle, you need the tank museum. Best option to find service history is a FOI request to the MoD. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence/about/publication-scheme#how-to-make-an-official-request-for-information

Moved it for you. Chris

Illustrated spare parts list.

You need these: http://www.lrseries.com/shop/product/listing/9032/NRC9707-REAR-REFLECTOR-MOUNTING-STRAP.html?search=Nrc9707&page=1 I presume you don't have an ISPL? http://www.allwheeltrim.co.uk/military110parts1991.pdf

I went down the Friday before the show to unload the Scimitar and mark out a space. Due to a delayed departure we didn't get down there until about 4pm, I think we managed to claim the last pitch in the Americas field which was just about large enough for our stuff. We had 2 CVRTs, 3 Land Rovers and 2 trucks in the same amount of space as most people had a Jeep and a caravan. I think they need to turn Americas field back into green camping, most visitors walking into the field were met with a load of cars and caravans which might make them turn around rather than exploring the rest of the field where there were a good number of interesting vehicles. Toilets in the Americas field were terrible. This seems like a backwards step, if the organisers had kept the same kind of trailer based toilets as had been present in previous years nobody would have had anything to moan about. As it is I now read more complains about toilets on here and on Facebook than anything else, which seems a shame as the show was good otherwise and this has been solved in the past. The main toilet blocks were well maintained and worth the extra walk, although for some people this could be a considerable extra walk! Shower pods were very good, always had hot water although there is a technique to ensuring your clothes do not join you in the shower... take a plastic bag to put them in! I enjoyed the atmosphere, especially the after hours drives around the showground. We took the CVRTs out a few nights and it was great to see the other traffic consisting of Shermans, FV432s and a convoy of WW2 German vehicles among others. This is the kind of thing that was missing at Folkestone and would not work there due to the poor layout. Arena needs some work, hopefully with the off road driving school gone it will be back to normal next year. Medway field was open and did have people camping in it. It is possible to get through into this field from the back of Americas field as well as down the road at the top of Monktons. There was a small car park in there and a few people camping, but it was mostly empty. I think moving all the caravans up to that field would address the complains about not enough space for actual MVs in some of the other fields. Final comment is on the revised entry/exit to the show. My brother visited us most days, staying at a hotel in Tonbridge. One day it took him over 2 hours to get out of the car park. With 2 small children this is not really acceptable. In previous years there was a separate exhibitors entrance which made more sense, this needs addressing for next year as making everyone exit through the Hop Farm itself is a nighmare. All in all not bad, but hopefully with a few improvements will be better next year. (We could do with less rain too please)

Stowage brackets but Bren not .30.

Fun Fair is the red square on the right of the trade field. We have some CVRTs booked in and will be there for the week. Looking forward to it.

Just be careful painting every surface.. locking rings, bolt heads, mating surfaces on the hubs etc. You might find the paint stops things fitting together properly. All the mating surfaces are usually left unpainted. Chris

My Ferret suffered from electrical gremlins, although mostly the lighting circuits. Try taking out every one of those plugs either side of the steering wheel and cleaning the contacts. Then try the ones at the back near the generator panel. My problems turned out to be corrosion inside the ignition switch box which was solved by replacing the insides with a later modification kit and changing all the wires and plugs. Hopefully yours is just a loose connection. Chris

I have a friend who is interested, will PM his details.

Richard, These are conversions from the Pulse ambulances. Withams had loads of take off ambulance bodies a while back. I have seen these out and about... even saw one in McDonalds car park near Lincoln a few months back. Chris

Have you tried Banisters?